Low inventories, steadily rising prices and low interest rates mark the perfect time to consider a change of scenery. Just ask The Rahn Family?

The Company

or nearly 20 years, Lifestyle Homes of
Distinction has been WNC's leading
builder of lifestyle-rich, maintenance-free
communities. Each home we build features
the highest level of craftsmanship, with
only the finest materials used both inside
and out. By focusing on building a good,
quality home and providing yard and
exterior home maintenance, we afford
homeowners the freedom to come and go
as they please, as well as enjoy a highly
coveted lifestyle.

Two ways we do this are with attention
to detail in our designs meant to maximize
both efficiency (Energy Star & NC Green
Built) and home entertainment, as well
as utilize our sister companies, Prudential
Lifestyle Realty and Lifestyle Property
Management to provide both potential
buyers, sellers and current homeowners
with a local, full service real estate solution.

In fact, everything we provide is a
reflection of the quality and service the
company brings to our homeowners each
and every day; homeowners like David and
Lynne Rahn.

Home Owner Testimonial

Smiling from ear to ear, and seemingly
carefree, the Rahn family can't stop
boasting about how happy they've been
since making the move to Pinebrook Farms,
a low/maintenance-free Lifestyle Homes
community just north of Asheville.

Originally from Philadelphia, and prior to
making the move, David, a retired Vietnam
veteran and his wife Lynne, equally retired
from both nursing and pharmaceutical
sales, lived in Pennington, NJ, a small
borough just outside of Princeton.

During his forty-year tenure in the textile
industry, David first discovered North
Carolina traveling with his company. For
the same reason, he spent a great deal of
time in Manhattan and compares the drastic
difference between life in the big city versus
a more care-free environment that Asheville
exudes. All in all, their story parallels many
of the families who have made the decision
to right size their lives and upgrade to a list
of features and amenities only a Lifestyle
Home can offer.

Why the decision to move to Asheville?

Lynne: We always knew we were going to
retire in North Carolina; it was just a matter
of where. And of course the biggest caveat
was the fact that our daughter and son in
law, who moved here about a year and a half
ago, graciously blessed us with a grandbaby
boy. However, we had planned on making
the move anyway. It was just about deciding
between Asheville, Wilmington, Chapel Hill
or Charlotte. And Asheville made the cut.

David:To me, I like the idea of being close
to a town that has so much to offer. Living
in a college town (Princeton), we were used
to being surrounded by cultural activities
as well as entertainment and a very active
lifestyle both restaurant wise and outdoors.
We found that here. And with this community
in particular (Pinebrook Farms) you're in the
mountains but you're also 8 minutes away
from the center of Asheville, which really
gave us everything we were looking for.

How long did it take you to decide on Pinebrook Farms?

David: We looked at probably half a dozen
other communities in the area and this one just
fit the bill. Once we arrived, we knew within
the hour that this was going to be home.

Lynne: We came down the week of
Christmas to visit our daughter and son
in law (pre-baby) and we decided to call a
realtor who took us around for two and half
days. During that time, we came to Pinebrook
Farms and met with Mark Floan, the
community sales agent to begin discussions
on potentially building a new home to our
liking. And it literally happened that day.

Were you nervous about committing to building a new home having not sold your house in New Jersey?

Lynne: It's really incredible how it turned
out. We put our house on the market the last
Saturday in February and it sold that same
day. I believe the incredibly low mortgage
rates had a lot to do with it.

In terms of amenities, do you find yourself taking advantage of the clubhouse, pool and fitness center?

Lynne: Pinebrook Farms has really
exceeded our expectations. I have to say that
since moving to this community, we dropped
our membership to the YMCA because the
on-site fitness center meets my husband's
standards, which are very high. We've
been using the pool, especially when the
grandbaby comes around, and we've been
walking our dogs down to the hiking trail.

Tell me about your experience with your neighbors.

Lynne: I have to tell you this story. Before
we broke ground, Mark Floan was sending
us picture updates on e-mail and then all
of a sudden, out of nowhere, our neighbor
from across the street who we had never met
started sending us pictures of our house being
built, with little comments to let us know the
progress. That was our first impression of
what lovely people we have here.

David: The people in the community have
been fantastic. Just as another example,
the people from across the street had been
renting a home in the community while they
waited for theirs to be built at the top of the
hill and the wife, Jackie, had injured her back
less than a week before they were scheduled
to move into their new home. The day
before they moved, there must have been
fifteen neighbors literally packing her house
for her, and the day of the move, they drove
the packed items up the hill, and unpacked
as well. Even Rob Chambliss, the VP of
Construction for Lifestyle Homes told me he
had never seen anything like it. That's just
how people in this community are. And the
greatest part is that you can be as involved,
or uninvolved as you want to be.

Now that you're in your home, what do you think?

David: We love it. For years, I was used to
living in a loft in Manhattan with big open
spaces. And when I explain our home to
people, I tell them it's like having a big, open
Manhattan loft with grass. The dining room
is part of the great room, which is part of the
kitchen, which flows onto the balcony on the
back of the home.

Lynne: The home turned out great. We
actually had the kids down not too long ago
which was the 'test' of sorts to see if our
three bedroom home would accommodate
three of our own kids and a boyfriend (25-35
years old), and it was perfect.

What advantages do you find that Pinebrook Farms gives you?

David: Location. We love that there's
entertainment, dining, kayaking, and rafting,
not to mention the education opportunities.
Lynne has already taken two classes at UNC
Asheville (Yoga Meditation and Elementary
iPad), and there aren't a lot of other
communities that can offer you all these
various activities.

Overall, how has your experience been?

Lynne: As I say when I wake up, 'I love
my life'. And the scary part is that it's true. In
fact, when we decided to retire and move to
Asheville, our kids told us that we were going
to be so bored. But literally, at the end of the
day, whether we stay in or go check out a local
attraction, we feel like we didn't have enough
time. All this wasn't just about building the
house or seeing our new grandbaby. There
is just so much for us here, and the lowmaintenance
lifestyle at Pinebrook Farms
gives us the freedom to experience it.

Response

There are always things in life that cause
us to hesitate, like being afraid of selling our
home, moving, or simply doing something
different. However, it's those decisions in life
(similar to David and Lynne Rahn) that help
us find our way to something better.

If you've been considering a maintenancefree
Lifestyle home, don't hesitate. Allow
the Companies of Lifestyle Homes of
Distinction, Prudential Lifestyle Realty and
Lifestyle Property Management to help you
live the good life now.

With models open daily at our five
locations in Asheville and Hendersonville,
we invite you to come experience what our
lifestyle is all about, or visit us online at
LifestyleHomes.net.